My Eyeshot Book - The Secret Lives of Humans

 Post date: 5 May 2026

Hi there. I have a book, "The Secret Lives of Humans", available now for pre-order with Italian publishers, Eyeshot. This English language, hardback book will contain around 75 of my photos. The price is €44.90 until 7 May but goes up after that, and will not be available after June. The book will ship worldwide in August/September this year.

Eyeshot have published books by some of my favourite photographers, such as Mark Alor Powell, Stephen McLaren, Maria Plotnikova, Siegfried Hansen and David Gibson. Details are on the Eyeshot website:

https://www.eyeshotstreetphotography.com/shop/books/the-secret-lives-of-humans-by-paul-russell/ 

Thank you. 

Photos from the "Six Go Down to the Seaside” exhibition in Weymouth, November 2025.

Post date: 4 May 2026

"Six Go Down to the Seaside. An Exhibition of Photographs Taken in Weymouth & Portland"

The show took place from 7th to 9th November 2025 at Saint Nic’s Gallery, Weymouth, and featured photos from Peter Dench, Si Jubb (who organised and curated the show), Iain McKell, Martin Parr, Finnbarr Webster, and I. The six photographers each had six* 24 by 12 inch prints, printed on aluminium dibond by SIMLAB.

Yes, that really is a seaside donkey attending the private view. The two West Hill donkeys were very well behaved.

Si Jubb and Finnbarr Webster install Finnbarr's prints using the latest laser technology.

Private view with donkeys.

Viewing my prints.

Peter Dench's display. Plus gorilla.

More people viewing my six prints as Martin Parr looks on...

All my photos featured a splash of red.

Bad weather viewing.

Iain McKell's display.

Valentine's balloon, 2023.

Bees vs Punch and Judy, 2008.

Devil Kites, 2006.

Digging, digging, 2007.

Volleyball, 2023.

Family day out, 2016.

 *Except for Martin Parr, who had eight.

The Crows of Weymouth Beach at the Dublin Street Photography Festival, 2025

Post date: 27 December 2025

In May this year I exhibited 10 photos from my Crows of Weymouth Beach series at the Dublin Street Photography Festival. It was my first visit to the city since June 1989.

I also had a couple of images in the Singles exhibition…  (The prominent "tiny child" print is by Julachart Pleansanit, Thailand, who won second prize, Singles.)

 

 

Martin Parr (RIP) was in attendance, and the organisers did a great job with the Festival.

From crows to ... urban seagulls

Seagulls are increasingly in the news in the UK, as their behaviour towards humans seems to be getting more aggressive every year, especially in seaside locations. They dive-bomb humans to snatch food such as chips and ice-cream cones. Looking through my archives, I have about 80 images featuring the birds, and I've posted a small selection below. "Seagull" is catch-all term for various species of gull at the seaside. The ones here are all the commonly seen herring gull (Larus argentatus), apart from the black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in Bournemouth.

Gulls eating chips in Weymouth, UK.

Gull eating a nice-looking pizza in Brighton.

Gull eating spilt ice-cream in Weymouth.

Young gull eating a pot of ice-cream in Weymouth

Black-headed gulls investigating in Bournemouth.

A young gull pondering existence in Weymouth.

Gull featuring in a tableau in Weymouth.

A gull taking off in Weymouth, next to the Pier Bandstand.

A gull looking at its reflection at The Fish Place, Weymouth.

Early evening one seagull scene in Weymouth.

 

A Murder by the Sea: The Crows of Weymouth Beach

 A brief edit of my series, "The Crows of Weymouth Beach"...

 

 Weymouth, UK is unusal among seaside resorts in having a large population of crows, as well as the usual seagulls. This is possibly due to the proximity of many large trees for roosting in Nothe Gardens.